Sr IT Project Manager

Textron; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Textron Specialized Vehicles Inc. seeks a Sr IT Project Manager to lead large, complex IT initiatives from initiation through closure in a manufacturing environment. You will align business and technology strategies across multiple workstreams, vendors, and executives.

The role requires 5+ years of experience in technology project leadership, proficiency with PM tools (MS Project, Jira, Azure DevOps) and strong stakeholder engagement. Bachelor's degree or 9 years of related experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required or nine years of PM/IT experience in lieu of degree.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience leading technology projects or large-scale initiatives.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office and PM/collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead large, complex IT projects from initiation to closure with accountability for outcomes.
• Develop delivery strategies, scope, schedules, budgets, governance, and plans across workstreams.
• Anticipate and manage risks, issues, dependencies, constraints across operations and vendors.
• Navigate tradeoffs between scope, timing, resources, budget, and business value.
• Serve as primary delivery leader to sponsors, leaders, vendors, and executives.
• Lead governance, status reviews, escalation forums, and reporting of performance.
• Manage project financials, forecasts, variances, contracts, and resources.
• Lead change control, testing, deployment, training, transition, and adoption.
• Mentor PMs and raise PMO delivery standards.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, MIS, Project Management, or related field

9 years of related PM/IT experience in lieu of a degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Azure DevOps

Jira

Smartsheet

Power BI

SharePoint

SAP

Job description

Job Description - Sr IT Project Manager (345756)

Sr IT Project Manager (345756)

Textron Specialized Vehicles Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of golf cars, utility and personal transportation vehicles, professional turf-care equipment, and ground support equipment. Textron Specialized Vehicles markets products under several different brands. Its vehicles are found in environments ranging from golf courses to factories, airports to planned communities, and theme parks to hunting preserves.

Responsibilities:

Lead large, complex, high-risk, or business-critical IT projects and programs from initiation through implementation and closure, with accountability for successful business and technology outcomes.

Develop integrated delivery strategies, scope, schedules, budgets, resource plans, governance approaches, and implementation plans across multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups.

Anticipate and manage complex risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, and constraints involving business operations, technology, vendors, finances, resources, and organizational readiness.

Navigate significant tradeoffs involving scope, timing, resources, budget, risk, and business value while maintaining sponsor and executive alignment.

Serve as the primary delivery leader for project sponsors, business leaders, technical leaders, vendors, and executive stakeholders, providing objective recommendations and decision support.

Lead project governance, executive status reviews, escalation forums, and decision-making processes that provide clear visibility into performance, risks, milestones, financials, and business outcomes.

Manage material project financials, forecasts, variances, vendor commitments, contracts, and resource strategies to support effective use of project investments.

Lead complex change control, implementation, testing, deployment, training, transition, and adoption activities across affected business and technology groups.

Manage strategic vendors, consultants, and implementation partners and ensure contractual obligations, delivery commitments, and performance expectations are met.

Mentor project managers and project coordinators and use lessons learned from complex initiatives to strengthen PMO delivery standards and organizational execution capability.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, Management Information Systems, Project Management, or a related field required. In lieu of a bachelor's degree, nine (9) years of relevant project management, program management, portfolio management, PMO, information technology, or related professional experience may be considered.

Years of Experience:

5+ years of experience leading technology projects, programs, or large-scale business initiatives.

Software Knowledge:

Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications required; strong experience with project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, Jira, Smartsheet), reporting and dashboard tools (e.g., Power BI), SharePoint, and SAP or other enterprise business systems required.

Additional Requirements:

Demonstrated success managing complex cross-functional projects involving multiple stakeholders, vendors, and business functions.

Experience leading enterprise technology implementations, business transformation initiatives, infrastructure projects, ERP implementations, or similar large-scale efforts.

Manufacturing, industrial, or operational business experience preferred.

PMP, CAPM, Agile, Scrum, or comparable project management certification preferred.

EEO Statement

Textron is committed to providing Equal Opportunity in Employment, to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability, sex (including pregnancy and sexual orientation), genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

Recruiting Company Textron Specialized Vehicles